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A Randomized Controlled Trial of Coaching Into Care With VA-CRAFT to Promote Veteran Engagement in PTSD Care

Study Overview

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Description

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) afflicts many war Veterans, but often they are reluctant to seek help despite availability of effective treatments. Family members are key sources of support who can help encourage such Veterans to initiate mental health services. Toward that goal, VA provides telephone coaching to family members through its Coaching Into Care (CIC) program to help get their Veterans into care. While CIC enjoys high caller satisfaction, it has shown only modest success getting Veterans into care. Blended interventions that include professional support and technology-based interventions offer promise for improving effectiveness of services. Therefore, this study tests an intervention that blends CIC calls with a web program called VA Community Reinforcement and Family Training (VA-CRAFT). VA-CRAFT is a translation of an empirically-validated model intended to help Veterans by training their family members to effectively promote care-seeking. If successful, this approach will support families and help more Veterans receive needed mental health care for PTSD.

Official Title

A Randomized Controlled Trial of Coaching Into Care With VA-CRAFT to Promote Veteran Engagement in PTSD Care

Quick Facts

Study Start:2021-04-01
Study Completion:2026-08-31
Study Type:Not specified
Phase:Not Applicable
Enrollment:Not specified
Status:ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

Study ID

NCT04501328

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Ages Eligible for Study:18 Years
Sexes Eligible for Study:ALL
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:Yes
Standard Ages:ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Inclusion CriteriaExclusion Criteria
  1. * reporting being in an intimate relationship (dating, engaged, or married) with a Veteran or a first degree family member of a Veteran
  2. * reporting that their Veteran is not engaged in mental health care and has not been for the past 6 months
  3. * reporting perceived symptoms of PTSD in their Veteran
  4. * reporting frequent contact with their Veteran (some verbal or face-to-face contact for 36 of the past 90 days)
  5. * having regular access to the Internet and a telephone; and 6) being 18 years of age or older
  1. * reporting by the potential participant that they are subject to domestic violence and may not feel safe engaging in CIC+VA-CRAFT activities
  2. * we will exclude partners reporting severe intimate partner violence on the brief Conflict Tactics Scale 2 Short Form with their Veteran in the past 6 months
  3. * appropriate referrals for those excluded based on recent intimate partner violence will be provided

Contacts and Locations

Principal Investigator

Eric R Kuhn, PhD
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA
Steven L. Sayers, PhD
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA

Study Locations (Sites)

VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA
Palo Alto, California, 94304-1207
United States

Collaborators and Investigators

Sponsor: VA Office of Research and Development

  • Eric R Kuhn, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA
  • Steven L. Sayers, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA

Study Record Dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Registration Dates

Study Start Date2021-04-01
Study Completion Date2026-08-31

Study Record Updates

Study Start Date2021-04-01
Study Completion Date2026-08-31

Terms related to this study

Keywords Provided by Researchers

  • Stress Disorders, Post-traumatic
  • Internet-Based Intervention
  • Telemedicine
  • Veterans

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

  • Stress Disorders, Post-traumatic